Window cleaner protector



I. WEISS Sept, 5, 1933.

WINDOW CLEANER PROTECTOR Filed April 8, 1952 lN VENTOR Awagr Weiss 7v! ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 1933 PATENT OFFICE WINDOW CLEANER PROTECTOR Isidor Weiss, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Rose Zwerdling, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1

Application April 8, 1932". Serial No. 604,010 7 Claims. (01. 'z2) The invention is a device for protecting persons cleaning windows in which a belt is placed around the person and the belt is slidably attached to a strap the ends of which may be removabl-y held 5 in sockets on the inside of the window frame or wall.

Thedevice may be used by professional window cleaners, or by the housewife, or by anyone cleaning windows.

The object of the invention is to provide a device for holding window cleaners which will insure absolute safety for the cleaner.

Another object of the invention is to provide a protector for window cleaners in which the ends are held from the inside of the window frame or wall.

Another object is to provide a strap for window cleaners which is so constructed that the harder you pull on the strapthe firmer the ends of the 20 strap hold in the sockets in which it is held.

Another object is to provide a strap for window cleaners or the like which may readily be adjusted to windows of different widths.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for holding the ends of straps for window cleaners which is so constructed that the strap cannot pull-out of the holding means without tearing out the side of the window frame.

And a still further object of the invention is to provide a strap for window cleaners, or the like that is held from the inside of the window frame or wall which is of a simple and economical construction. 7

With these ends in view the invention embodies a strap having posts at the ends adapted to be held in sockets in the inside of a window frame or wall, clamps for adjusting the length of the strap, and a belt slidably attached to the strap for holding a window cleaner thereto.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing the device as it would appear in use. Figure 2 is a detail showing the adjustable end of the strap.

Figure 3 is a similar detail showing the opposite end of the strap;

Figure 4 is a detail showing the clamp by which the length of the strap may be adjusted.

Figure 5 is a view showing a bar upon which the adjustable end of the strap may be held.

Figure 6 is a view showing a post of an alternate design in which the post is constructed so that it may be clamped in the socket.

In the drawing the device is shown as it would be made wherein numeral 1 indicates a belt. numeral 2 a fixed ring at one end of the belt, and. numeral 3a post for holding the-end of the belt.

The end of thebelt may be passed thrn the 66 ring 2 and folded backward and stitched or eld. to itself by any desired means, as shown in Fig,- ure 3, and it will be noted that the ring 2 is rigidly held in the post in the position shown so that there will be a direct pull outward ag -ainst the post at all times. The other end of the belt is. folded over a bar 4 and stitched or held. as may be desired andthis endeXtends thru another ring 5 which is rigidly heldin another post 6-. The: posts 3 and 6 are held in sockets '7 and 8 which 6 may be provided ina window frame or wall. by drilling holes into the frame or wall or by insert-- ing ferrules 9 inthe holes or in openings in the frame or wall, as shown in Figure 3. The band is provided with lugs 10 at the ends, the under- 5'" sides of which areprovided with curved recesses which rest upon the sides of the ring. 5* tO' hO1dthe end of the belt as shown. The sockets? and.

8 may remain open or clips 11 may be provided which are pivotally attached to the window frame 6 or wall and positioned so that they may be moved.

to cover the sockets when the device is not being. used and so that they may be moved to one side topermit entrance of the posts 3' and 6 when it is desired to use the device. V

A second belt 12 is also provided andthis is attached to a center ring 13 which. is slidable-onthe belt 1 and positioned. to holdthe cleancrships in the right position. The belt 12 may be H strapped around the cleaner before the cleaner gets out of the window and with the posts 3 and 6 held in the sockets? and 8 the window cleaner may then turn to the proper position, and as he gets out of the window rest upon. the belt 1 while he is cleaning the window.

The belt 1 may be provided with holes 14 and a clip formed of two bars 15 and 16 which: are hinged together by a pin 1'7, and held at the ,opposite end by a removable pin or thumb screw 18, may be placed on the belt'l with pins 19- 10ft onthe' bar 15 extending thru the holes 14: in-the belt and also thru holes in the bar 16, when it In the design shown in Figure 6 a post 20 of an alternate design is shown and this post is provided with slots 21 and in the center is a tapered pin 22 with a handle 23 at the outer end so that it may be drawn outward to spread the diameter of the post to lock' the post in place. It will be noted that posts of this type may be placed in the sockets in the window and as the tapered pins are drawn outward the post will be clamped in the socket so that it will be absolutely impossible for it to come out withoutforcing the tapered pins inward. It will also be understood that any other means may be used for looking or holding the posts in the sockets as they may be held in any desired manner. The rings 2 and 5 have been described as rigidly mounted in the heads of the posts and itwill be noted that these rings may be held by pins 24 inserted in the heads of the posts, as shown in Figure 6, or they may be held by any other means.

"It will be understood that changes may be madein the' construction of the device without departing from the spirit of the invention. One

of which changes may be in the use of posts of any other design, another may be in the use of other means for attaching the ends of the belt to -the'posts, another may be in the use of other means foradjusting the length of the belt, another may be in the use of other means for holding the second belt to the first belt, and still another may be in the use of other means for holding'the window cleaner to the belt.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description. In use the device maybe provided as shown in Figure l and it willbe noted that the smaller belt may be placed around the body and the posts at the ends of the larger belt placed in the sockets on the inside of the window and when in place it will be appreciated that the window cleaner may continiie his work in absolute safety and with no danger whatever or the ends of the strap working-loose. orthe sockets pulling out of the window frame. It will be noted that this device is not only adapted for professional window cleaners but-may also'be'used by the housewife or anyone cleaning win'dows and it may readily be applied and used with very little effort. By holding the ends on the inside of the window frame "or'wall the device provides absolute insurance against the'sockets pulling out so that it may be usedwitlrabsolute confidence audit is believed that this device will eliminate the fear of window cleaners and positively prevent accidents resulting from'endeavoring to apply the device afterthe window cleaner is outside of the window, and'also from sockets i'workin'g loose and pulling out; of the window frames; l

Having thus fully described the invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, isz' I l-EAsafety belt-for window cleaners, or the like, comprisingfa" strap, 'posts having diagonally positioned loop'sthru which the ends of the strap may be placed, means permanently securing one of sald pjosts to one end of said strap, means adjustablysecuring the other end of said strap toanother of said posts, sockets on the inside of a window having'openings into which said posts may'b'e placed said sockets positioned to hold said posts with their exposed ends opposite to the line of pull of said strap thereby drawing the posts into the sockets as the load is applied, and the axis of said sockets being parallel to the line of pull, and another strap slidably secured to said former strap and adapted to be fastened around the waist of a window cleaner.

2.-A safety device for window cleaners, comprising a belt, a post flexibly and permanently secured to the end of the belt, another post flexibly and adjustably secured to the other end of the belt, openings on the inside of a window into which said posts may be placed the axis of said openings being parallel to the line of pull of said belt and the heads of the posts positioned therein opposite to said line of pull, and means securing said posts in said openings.

3. A safety device for window cleaners, comprising a belt, a post flexibly and permanently secured to the end of the belt, another post flexibly and adjustably secured to the other end of the belt, openings on the inside of a window frame into which said posts may be placed the axis of said openings being parallel to the line of pull of said belt and the heads of the posts positioned therein opposite to said line of pull, means securing said posts in said openings, and another belt slidably secured to said former belt and adapted to be placed aroundthe waist of a window cleaner.

4. A safety belt for window cleaners, comprising a strap, posts attached to the ends of the strap, openings adjacent the inside of the window adapted to receive said posts the axis of said openings being parallel to the line of pull of said belt and the heads of the posts positioned therein opposite to said line of pull, and locking means within said posts adapted to be operated from the exposed ends thereof for securing the posts in the openings.

5. A safety belt for window cleaners, comprising a strap, posts attached to the endsof the strap, openings adjacent the inside of the window adapted to receive said posts the axis of said openings being parallel to the line of pull of said belt'and the heads of the posts positioned therein opposite to said line of pull, locking means within said posts adapted to be operated from the exposed ends thereof for securing the posts in the openings, and means adjusting the length of said belt.

6. A safety belt for window cleaners, comprising a, strap, posts attached to the ends of the strap, openings adjacent the inside of the window adapted to receive said posts the" axis of said openings being parallel to the line of pull of said belt and the heads of the posts positioned therein opposite to said line of pull, locking means within said posts adapted to'be operated from the exposed ends thereof for securing the posts in the openings, and a smaller belt attached to said strap for holding a window cleaner therein.

7. Asafety belt for window cleaners, comprising a strap, posts at the ends of said strap, and i sockets on the inside of a window adapted to hold the posts with the strap passing thru the window to the outside thereof with the line of pull parallel to the axis of said posts and the direction of said ISIDOR WEISS. 

